

Tightrope
1959 · 1 season · 37 episodes · Ended · CBS
Drama, Crime
TMDB 6.3 · 3 votes
Tightrope is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 1959 to September 1960, under the alternate sponsorship of the J.B. Williams Company, and American Tobacco. Produced by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene in association with Screen Gems, the series stars Mike Connors as an undercover agent named "Nick" who was assigned to infiltrate criminal gangs. The show was to have originally been titled Undercover Man but it was changed before going to air.
Episodes
- S01E01Getaway Day1959-09-0830m
- S01E02The Casino1959-09-1530m
- S01E03The Frame1959-09-2230m
Undercover agent Nick Stone infiltrates a gang of jewel thieves to find evidence that a man convicted of murder during a jewel robbery is actually innocent.
- S01E04Stand on Velvet1959-09-2930m
The agent joins the gang of William Kane, their objective is to run the leader of the numbers racket out of town.
- S01E05The Cracking Point1959-10-0630m
The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.
- S01E06Thousand Dollar Bill1959-10-1330m
- S01E07Music and Mink1959-10-2030m
- S01E08Man in the Middle1959-11-0330m
- S01E09The Patsy1959-11-1030m
- S01E10The Money Fight1959-11-1730m
After a boxer is killed for not throwing a fight as ordered, Nick goes undercover by taking over as manager for another young prizefighter, planning eventually to get him to turn evidence against the crooked promoter who ordered the killing.
- S01E11Black Tie Kill1959-11-2430m
- S01E12The Perfect Circle1959-12-0130m
Barney MacCready puts his train-robbery plan into action. First he kidnaps a detective, then he has two of his henchmen board the train one posing as the missing detective the other as his prisoner.
- S01E13The Lady1959-12-0830m
- S01E14Cold Kill1959-12-1530m
An undercover agent assumes the identity of a killer hired to rub out a murder witness. But the intended victim is hiding, and the first task is to smoke him out.
- S01E15The Neon Wheel1959-12-2230m
- S01E16Two Private Eyes1959-12-2930m
Sam Keely and Jeff Stewart are a bit on the shady side. The undercover agent's strategy is to muscle in on their racket.
- S01E17Night of the Gun1960-01-0530m
Dan Hawley and David Johnson, witnesses to a murder committed by gangster Jimmy Farrow, are a target for Larry Maddox, a hired killer. After Maddox kills Hawley, police take Johnson's wife and children into protective custody. Johnson, fearing for his life, goes into hiding. Nick is put on the case.
- S01E18Broken Rope1960-01-1230m
- S01E19Cold Ice1960-01-1930m
- S01E20Appointment in Jericho (a.k.a. Assignment in Jericho)1960-01-2630m
- S01E21Three to Make Ready1960-02-0230m
- S01E22The Model and the Mobster1960-02-0930m
Mobster Sid Zero is a man who gets what he wants in business and women by using muscle, threats, and, if necessary, murder. Nick goes undercover to bring him down, and tries to get the help of the latest young model Zero has forced into becoming his mistress.
- S01E23The Long Odds1960-02-1630m
A detective assigned to investigate a phoney health club is killed by one of the club owners. An undercover agent follows up, convincing the gangsters that he's a gambler on the run.
- S01E24The Brave Pigeon1960-02-2330m
Underworld leader Max Rommey wants Paul Anderson dead. To protect Anderson, the undercover agent becomes part of Rommey's gang.
- S01E25First Time Out1960-03-0130m
- S01E26Park Avenue Story1960-03-0830m
- S01E27Big Business1960-03-1530m
- S01E28The Chinese Pendant1960-03-2930m
- S01E29Achilles and His Heels1960-04-0530m
- S01E30The Gangster's Daughter1960-04-1230m
The first step for Nick in infiltrating Vince Baron's gang is foiling the attempted kidnapping of Baron's daughter. He must also contend with a young upstart who wants to push Baron out as leader. What Nick was not expecting was to fall for the daughter.
- S01E31The Penthouse Story1960-04-1930m
- S01E32The Shark1960-04-2630m
- S01E33The Horse Runs High1960-05-0330m
The undercover agent is assigned to break up a gambling ring that bets heavily on certain horses--and then makes sure they win by doping them.
- S01E34The Hired Guns1960-05-1030m
- S01E35Borderline1960-05-1730m
The undercover agent is assigned to smash a dope ring that sells to Americans from a base in Mexico.
- S01E36A Matter of Money1960-05-2430m
Nick is assigned to break up a gang headed by Steve Taylor. This particularly unsavory gang uses threats and violence to force small shopkeepers to pay for protection.
- S01E37Bullets and Ballet1960-05-3130m










